Story+2009-07-03+Frankfurt,+Germany

“Wie geht’s, Frankfurt? (crowd cheers)…”
 * 03.07.09 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to “Badlands”**

“Wie geht’s, Frankfurt? (crowd cheers) yes, we’re so glad to be here in your beautiful city tonight (crowd cheers) now the E Street Band has come thousands of miles to fulfil our sacred vow to rock the house! (crowd cheers) but we didn’t come all this way to Frankfurt, Germany just to rock the house…we came here tonight because we wanna build a house (crowd cheers) that’s right, right here on this field tonight we’re gonna build a house tonight…now let me tell you how we’re gonna do it: we’re gonna take the fear that’s out there and we’re gonna work hard until we build a house of love (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the despair that’s out there and we’re gonna work hard until we build a house of hope out of that despair (crowd cheers) and we’re gonna take the doubt that’s out there and we’re gonna work hard until we build a house of faith (crowd cheers) and we’re gonna take the blues and the sadness and tonight we’re gonna build us a house of joy and happiness right here (crowd cheers) and then we’re gonna take that cooling off and we’re gonna build us a house of sexual healing! (crowd cheers) is there anybody ready for some sexual healing? (crowd cheers) that’s right…and we use the bad wood and we use the good wood…and we use the bad news that’s out there and we use the good news that’s here tonight with us…and we build us a house out of music and out of spirit and out of noise…well, now the mighty E Street Band is here tonight and we’re gonna bring down the power of the music on you (crowd cheers) but Frankfurt, we need you to bring the noise! (crowd cheers) let me hear you (crowd cheers) now sing it like you mean it…”
 * 03.07.09 Frankfurt, Germany, middle of “Working on a Dream”**

“Thank you, thank you, woo!...the incredible Steve Van Zandt on guitar (crowd cheers) he’s unbelievable…(sings quietly: “Early in the morning” and tries out the chords)…give me an F-harmonica, Kev’…in a rack…(crowd cheers)…(plays harmonica)…alright, band, I’m gonna count the band in…one, two, three, four – easy…”
 * 03.07.09 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to “Factory”**

“Thank you very much…I wanna send this one out to Patti tonight, she sends her love…so we’re gonna send this one out to her – come on, let’s go…”
 * 03.07.09 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to “Kingdom of Days”**

“Danke, Frankfurt (crowd cheers) thank you…danke dass ihr zu unsure Show gekommen seit (crowd cheers) thank you, thank you for coming to our show tonight and for being such a wonderful audience, thank you…thank you so much, yes, yes…this is a song written in 1855…by Stephen Foster…back home very hard times, millions of people out of work…this is called “Hard times come again no more”…”
 * 03.07.09 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to “Hard Times”**

[According to Backstreets, Bruce unfurled a rolled sign that read, "Play Jungleland - many concerts, never Jungleland."]
 * 03.07.09 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to “Jungleland”**

“Thank you for coming out tonight… (…) Little Steven (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) Garry Tallent (crowd cheers) the Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano (crowd cheers) Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen: Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Frankfurt! (crowd cheers) Frankfurt! (crowd cheers) Frankfurt! (crowd cheers) Frankfurt! (crowd cheers) Frankfurt! (crowd cheers) Frankfurt! (crowd cheers) Frankfurt! (crowd cheers) Frankfurt! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers)...”
 * 03.07.09 Frankfurt, Germany, intro to “American Land”**

“Ah, you’re looking good now…just keep on twisting…Stevie…is it a bird?...is it a plane?...is it Superman?...is it Spiderman?...is it Frankfurt, Germany? (crowd cheers)…”
 * 03.07.09 Frankfurt, Germany, middle of “Twist and Shout”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//